July 2017: Programme now out! Find out more and register here for our BONUS Symposium "Science delivery for sustainable use of the Baltic Sea living resources" from 17-19 Oct 2017 in Tallinn, Estonia, organized by INSPIRE & BIO-C3!

June 26-29 2017: The final BIO-C3 annual meeting assembled 30 participants from our 13 partner institutes in Kiel, Germany! On the agenda: a 1-day scientific mini-symposium open to the public showcasing BIO-C3 science, break-out groups to collaboratively advance scientific work, deliverables and synthesis paper ideas, updates on BIO-C3 initiatives and activites, and logistical planning for 2016-2017 BIO-C3 activities.

Spring 2017: Science and the public - BIO-C3 members facilitate the realization of the poetic movie "Hydrography" on experiences during a BIO-C3 research cruise by filmmaker Gor Margaryan of the Muthesius School of Fine Arts, Germany (see link to the trailer here), and have major contributions to television productions on the global proliferation of jellyfish and invasive species.

May 8-10 2017: The concept paper "The Baltic Sea: a time machine for the future ocean" was advanced at the second BONUS sponsored writing workshop on this topic assembling 20 scientists from 8 BONUS projects under the lead of BIO-C3 in Jyllinge, Denmark. Publication planned for 2017.

April 13-29 and May 13-29 2017: BIO-C3 scientists under the lead of GEOMAR continue data and sample collections for the integrative Baltic ecosystem long-term data series on board of research vessel Alkor, facing everything from snow-storms to beautiful ummer conditions. Read the cruise blog!

Dec 6-9 2016: "The Baltic Sea: a time machine for the future ocean?" was the question addressed by a writing workshop assembling 20 interdisciplinary experts from 7 BONUS projects under the lead of BIO-C3 and supported by BONUS clustering funds in Noer, Germany. This initiative will be continued in 2017.

Sept 9-10 2016: Under the motto "Bringing science to the classroom", the 2016 BONUS BIO-C3 high school teacher training workshop "Biodiversity in the Baltic realm - function, services, and anthropogenic threats" assembled BIO-C3 scientists and 25 teachers at Schloss Noer, Eckernförde Fjord, Germany! Learn more about this event here.

Aug 22-26 2016: The 2016 BONUS BIO-C3/INSPIRE/COCOA/BAMBI summer school "Modeling Biodiversity for Sustainable Use of Baltic Sea Living Resources" took place at the Søminnestationen, Holbæk, Denmark! Read more about this event here!

April 13-28 and May 13-29 2016: BIO-C3 scientists under the lead of GEOMAR continue data and sample collections for integrative Baltic ecosystem assessments on board of research vessel Alkor. Follow the cruise blog!

November 25 2015: The BONUS BIO-C3/BAMBI/INSPIRE invited guest column "Finding bridges between biodiversity research and ecosystem based management" is published in the December BONUS in brief newsletter!

July 5 - July 11 2015: The 1st BIO-C3/INSPIRE/BAMBI summer school "The Baltic Sea: a model for the global future ocean", with 32 international PhDs and postdocs and 13 expert lecturers from around the Baltic Sea took place in Glücksburg, Germany - a great week providing a multi-disciplinary crash course on the Baltic Sea.

2015 Summer school poster session. Photo: Dierking

June 30 - July 3 2015: The 2015 Annual Meeting of BIO-C3, with 40 participants from all 13 BIO-C3 partners in 7 countries, the international advisory board and a BONUS secretariat representative took place in Kiel, Germany. Main foci: update on the science in BIO-C3, integrative working groups to coordinate collaborative science for the coming year, and planning for the 2015 summer school and 2015/2016 BIO-C3 events. Participants:log in to retrieve meeting documents.

May 19-20 2015: The workshop "Benthic-pelagic coupling in the Baltic Sea", co-funded by BIO-C3, BEAM and INSPIRE and with participation of BIO-C3 scientists, takes place at Stockholm University, Sweden.

April 15-29 and May 16-31 2015: BIO-C3 scientists under lead of the GEOMAR continue data and sample collections for integrative Baltic ecosystem assessments on board of research vessel Alkor. Follow the cruise blog!

Baltic fish diversity in pelagic fisheries haul. Photo: Nickel

Research vessel Alkor. Photo: Dierking

30 March 2015: The PIs of the 13 BIO-C3 project partners assemble for their third bi-annual steering committee meeting (via web-conference).